President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House, Abuja. Newsmen reports that the Beninese leader, who arrived at the forecourt of the presidential villa at 11.09 a.m., was…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it collected N4,952,243,711,728.37 as tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director of Communications and Liaison of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmad…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta At least three people were confirmed dead, several injured with five vehicles and two motorcycles burnt in a petrol tanker explosion around GTB bank, IBB Boulevards in Abeokuta early Tuesday morning. According to eyewitness, the incident occurred…
Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has ceded the collection of taxes, levies and permits of outdoor advertisement and signage within the council to the FCTA Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS). This was made known by Mr Abdullahi Candido,…
Jigawa State governor, Muhammad Badaru has challenged Nigerian youths to be critical thinkers as well as be problem solvers. Badaru, who gave the challenge on Monday in Dutse, said that there was the need for youths to be digitally innovative…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office, has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on a fresh three count charge…
By Kayode Tokede About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are soon to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which watchers believe will reduce the…
…Governors to meet January 20 …Imo govt raises alarm over rising cases …as FG releases N10bn for domestic vaccines production By Ayo Fadimu As the 36 State governors in Nigeria set to hold a virtual meeting on Jan. 20, to…
…to begin public sitting next week Tuesday The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to look into petitions of police brutality and victimisation in the state will begin public hearing next week…
The trial of a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tanimu Kabiru Turaki continued before Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, January 18, 2021, with the prosecution presenting its seventh witness, Mohammed Gambo Muazu, a retiree…
